38 hughes: wardha valley coal-field. 



All the country south and east of Ballarpur still remains to be 

 examined. No Barakars are seen for nearly 30 



Country south and east 

 of Ballarpur not ex- miles along the valley or the Wardha; but at 



Lathi they appear, and in the opposite bank of the 



river occurs the coal known as the Antargaon seam. I believe that the 



Coal probably occurs measures may be found within a reasonable depth 



along Wardha valley. abng tlie entire i engt h f the Wardha valley, for, 



though nothing but Kamthis occur, they belong to the lower portion of 

 the series. 



The greatest store of coal in the Chanda district is probably to the east 



Probable store of coal o£ the town of Chanda, but every yard in that direc- 

 east of Cbanda. ^ Qn w ^j probably g[ Ye an ever-increasing depth to 



each sinking in search of the thick seam ; and as long as shallow shafts 

 will provide the fuel required for consumption, and superior means of 

 communication give special advantages to other portions of the field, 

 the East-Chanda coal lands will remain untested and uncaredfor. 



North of Chanda near Walwat, where an inlier of Talchirsis exposed, 

 it is possible that the top coal may occur near the surface, and if our 

 tendencies are of a sanguine nature, we might hope that the Talchirs, 

 appearing at the distance they do beyond the main body of the series, 

 indicate a strong probability that the coal measures may elsewhere, if not 

 actually exposed, occur at a more moderate depth than the calculation from 

 solated dips of overlying Kamthis generally applied would lead us to sup- 

 pose. This is a point, however, which is at present a mere speculation, 

 and which, for many years to come, will in all likelihood never be veri- 

 fied. 



Wun District. 



On the "Wun or Berar side of the Wardha, the visible area of the 

 Barakars is about equal to that on the Chanda or Central Provinces side, 

 that is, 11 square miles. A very thorough system of borings has been 

 carried out here. Wherever the c oal was presumably within moderate 

 reach of the surface, holes were put down. 

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